19Jan2003
- The Killing Heidi Realm: New singles on their way
Acording
to the Sanity
website, Killing Heidi have two new singles to be released shortly.
On Friday, Feb 21, 'Ammyl (Say What You Wanna Say)' will be released,
followed by 'Sweet' being released just two weeks later on March
7.
15Jan2003
- The Killing Heidi Realm: The Morning Star Concert
Killing Heidi is the latest act to sign up to support 'The Morning
Star Concert for West Papua'.
They will join Not Drowning, Waving, who have agreed to a one-off
re-formation for the cause, and comedians John Clarke, Bryan Dawe,
Dave O'Neil and Andrew Denton.
Conceived by Chocolate Cake's David Bridie, the concert will also
feature Bangarra Dance Theatre and PNG artists Telek, Black Paradise
and Black Brothers.
"All money raised will go to an organisation called ELS-HAM,"
Bridie says.
The Morning Star Concert for West Papua will take place at the Melbourne
Concert Hall, Friday, February 28. <click
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06Jan2003
- The Killing Heidi Realm: Rock meets country - Bands return to
bush
By KATHY MCCABE
The live-music drought that has frustrated fans in regional and
rural areas for several years has broken.
The crowded capital-city festival calendar, and escalating touring
costs, forced many bands to abandon the rural circuit in the early
'90s.
But the demand of live music-starved fans in these areas has put
venues from Broken Hill to Bega back on the map for big and aspiring
acts alike.
John Farnham's The Last Time tour, beginning in Kalgoorlie on January
30, will be one of the biggest regional tours ever staged in Australia.
In the next six months, Farnham will play shows in regional centres
such as Mildura, Griffith, Wagga, Albury, Tamworth, Port Macquarie
and Lismore.
The Long Way To The Top promoters are also taking their all-star
event into the bush after huge success in the cities.
The show's second run begins at the end of this month and will include
dates at Bathurst, Dubbo and Coffs Harbour.
The Whitlams kicked off a tour to promote their latest album, Torch
The Moon, with sold-out concerts at Griffith, Albury and Orange.
The Superjesus have included regional dates on all their tours,
and Bodyjar are playing larger centres on the east coast.
Channel V's Music Bus tours have helped kick-start the regional
tour circuit.
The million-dollar-investment bus began taking live music - and
live television - out of the cities in November, 2001, introducing
everyone from You Am I to Selwyn to thousands of teenagers.
Killing Heidi, who sprang from country Victoria, borrowed the bus
for their regional visit late last year.
Singer Ella Hooper said her frustration at seeing few bands
perform when she was growing up motivated the band to get out of
the city when they toured.
"I really identify with the fact that country fans don't get
too many bands coming through," she said.
"We went to some of the smallest, most out-of-the-way places,
and the response was unbelievable - the whole town would come out
to watch you."
Hooper said visiting these areas early in a band's career would
win them fans for life.
"There are so many good aspects of growing up in the country,
but one aspect that sucks is the limited entertainment," she
said.
"It was great to feel you were giving something back to these
people."
Michael Chugg, one of the organisers of the Long Way To The Top
tour, said international acts were also keen to play in major regional
centres.
"These towns have the venues and the fans, so why not play
there?" Chugg said.
"Chris Isaak included dates in Wollongong and Townsville, and
Sum 41 went to Newcastle and Geelong."
Frontier Touring Company's Sam Righi said it was imperative that
bands performed out of the city if they wanted to broaden their
fan base.
"These people are starved of entertainment - and how great
is it to perform in front of an enthusiastic crowd?" <click
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Sunday Telegraph 05Jan2003
